In a week that witnessed losses peppered on the top 25 teams in the nation, not even the best of the best were spared. Kansas continues to find ways to win and this week they deserve to be rewarded with the number one ranking in the nation. Here is a look at my top 25:

1. Kansas (3) 18-1 Beat Kansas State and OU
2. Michigan (2) 18-1 Beat Purdue and Illinois
3. Indiana (7) 18-2 Beat Penn State and Mich St.
4. Duke (1) 17-2 Beat Maryland, Lost to Miami
   
5. Florida (8) 16-2 Beat Georgia and Miss State
6. Syracuse (3) 18-2 Louisville win lost luster, Beat Cinci, lost to Villanova
7. Gonzaga (10) 19-2 Beat BYU and San Francisco
8. Arizona (6) 17-2 Lost to UCLA, Beat USC
   
9. Ohio State (14) 15-4 Beat Iowa and Penn St.
10. Oregon (16) 18-2 Beat UCLA lst wk., Beat Wash St and Wash
11. Louisville (5) 16-4 Lost to Syracuse last wk, Lost to Villanova and GTown
12. Butler (9) 17-3 Lost to LaSalle, Beat Temple
13. Mich St (13) 17-4 Beat Wisconsin, Lost to Indiana (narrowly, at Indi)
14. Wichita St (20) 19-2 Beat Missouri State and Bradley
15. Mizzou (22) 15-4 Beat S Carolina and Vandy
16. NMex (15) 17-3 Beat Colorado, lost to SDSU
17. KState (11) 15-4 Lost to KU and Iowa St­­
18. NC State (18) 16-4 Beat UNC, Lost to Wake
19. Miami (25) 14-3 Beat Boston College and Duke
20. Minnesota (12) 15-5 Lost to Michigan lst wk., lost to NW'ern and Wis
21. Creighton (17) 17-3 Lost to Drake, Beat Southern Illinois
22. Georgetown (unrk) 14-4 Beat Notre Dame and Louisville
23. Mississippi (23) 17-2 Beat TN and Auburn
24. SDSU (unrk) 14-4 Beat Nevada, Beat NM
25. Pittsburgh (unrk) 17-4 Beat Providence and DePaul
26. Cinci (21) 16-4 Lost to 'Cuse by 2

Kansas (.6901) has a higher RPI than Michigan (.6683), and so their ranking as the number one is not a case of Homerism. Indiana's move up three spots is due to their win over Michigan State and by the losses of Duke, Syracuse, Louisville, and Arizona ahead of them. This should be the first poll of the season where the Blue Devils, neither the Orangemen, nor the Cardinals maintain one of the top three spots. At number 4, Duke still has the highest RPI in the nation. Florida has been completely dominating opponents lately and looks like a team surging at the right time. Gonzaga, Arizona, Ohio State and Oregon round out my top 10. Big movers upward are Wichita State (up 6), Mizzou (I hate to rank them up 7 to 15th), Miami with a statement game over Duke to move up 6 spots, and Georgetown who appear in the poll at 22nd after being unranked last week. Sliders are Louisville, Kansas State, and Minnesota, all of whom lost both of their weekly games.